These judges sound like the people of Ammonihah who boasted in their own strength, 'We will not believe thy words if thou shouldst prophesy that this great city should be destroyed in one day' (Alma 9:4). Such self assurance didn't last long for 'the people of Ammonhah were destroyed; yea, every living soul of the Ammonihahites was destroyed, and also their great city, which they said God could not destroy, because of its greatness. But behold, in one day it was left desolate; and the carcases were mangled by dogs and wild beasts' (Alma 16:9-10).